The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-09
GENERAL NEWS.

CLEAR and warm.
River falling slowly.
VERY pleasant weather.
Two boats leaving today.
Business exceedingly dull.
The Desoto got 70 tons of freight a
Cairo.
| ARKANSAS river is stationary at Lit
! tie Rock.
, CAPT. OSCAR WHITE is plotting the
John Smith and tow to New Orleans
DURING the "a hours ending at noon
yesterday the river here rose inches,
THRRE are about 1000 barrels of salt
on the levee between Jefferson and
Court streets.
The City Of Baton Rouge and the
toWbost Port Eads leave st. Louis to-
day for New Orleans.
A LARGE lot OF cotton and other
freight was received on the levee yes.
terdsy for the Desoto.
TEE P. II. Kelly mas completed her
repairs, and is again making regular
NAAP1 " w OSs AhOih pms
THE Kate Adams will be in tonight,
and she is the regular packet leaving
Monday evening for Arkansas City.
The boats now laid up here are the
Joseph Henry, R. A. Speed, Gayoso,
r. L. Cobb, E. W. Cole and I. +.
Eckert.
The Future City, towing six barges
loaded with grain and package freight,
passed to New Orleans yesterday
morning.
The Thomas Sherlock passed to New
Orleans at an early hour yesterday
morning. She added here 5000 sacks
OF cotton seed meal.
THE Anchor Line packets leaving
here tomorrow are the City OF Vicks-
burg, for Vickeburg, and the City of
Providence, for st. Louis.
TIE Belle Memphis passed to St.
Louis yesterday eve 1iHg after dis
charging bales of cotton and adding
about 10 tons of way freight.
THE James Lee for Friar's Point and
the Coahoma for 0aceola left yester-
day evening with fair trips. Tney
will both return tonight and leave
again Monday evening.
THE Arkansas City, from st, Louis.
passed to Vicksburg yesterday morn.
ing with good trip. She put off here
$500 packages, including 700 barrels OF
-four, 200 sacks OF bran, All eacks of
corn, 81 hogs, Is head of cattle and 70
boxes of bacon. She added 20 tons of
THE Desoto, Capt. John S. Jones,
should arrive this morning from ths
Ohio river with cargo of Western
produce. She is announced to leave
again this evening for Cairo, Evans.
vile, Louisville, Cincinnati and all
way landings on the Ohio and Miesis.
sippi rivers. Messrs. Harry Bruce
ana Lew Briggs are her clerks.
ST. LOUIS Globe-Democrdt: The ST. |
Louis and Mississippi Valley Trans |
portation Company has not yet made
any changes in rates, but what will be |
lone in this respect in the future is
lot yet known. The Anchor Line has
increased rates on barrel goods to 40
,ents to Memphis. No Other changes
lave been made. This is not exactly
! result Of the interstate commerce,
or the Anchor Line has really never
lad paying rate to Memphis.
THE Secretary of State at Spring
ield, ILL.,, hiss licensed the Interstate
traffic Association of East st. Louis
WITH a capital of $4,000. The incor-
,orators are E. w. Gould, John A.
Joseph Brown, James Z
lunford, David R. Powell, Lucien NJ.
)hipley and VIM. Halleck Jones.
his looks very much like grand
Weakening from the Rip Van Wrinkle
lumber in which our river interests
ave rested go long aud ia very
irong indication Of the good to be de-
wed by the passage of the interstate
ommerce bill. With an authorized
apitsl of $750,000 at least ten fine
)wboats and seventy or eighty baIges
nth a capacity of from 1900 to 1900
ms each can be built for the naviga-
on of the Upper and Lower Miesis.
ppi and Illinois rivers, all bringing
ibute to st. Louis.